So the weather was kind!!

 

I got to the airport and we were able to fly!!  It was windy and there was a fair amount of cloud around but it was okay.  It was a lot better flying from Netherthorpe as we could all get right up the planes.  Netherthorpe is owned by the local fling club and has four grass runways and a club house, it was all really friendly!  So we took some pics around the airport and watched a bi-plane take off then I met my intstructor and me and Rich went out to the plane with him.  This time it was a Piper not a Cessna, so I've now flown two different types of plane yay!  We got the plane started, we all buckled in and did some preflight checks and got a short brief on the flight.  We taxied round to the runway and took off heading back toward my house!  We flew back over my town and then did circles both round my house and rich's which was cool!  We were doing all this at around 2500feet but as it was a bit bumpy because of the weather, instructor took us up to 5500feet where it was much smoother and I got to do some flying.  I spent about 20mins doing turns and practicing pitching and this time we even covered yaw which I never did at Robin Hood!  We were talking to Doncaster Air Traffic Control throughout the flight except during takeoff and landing when we used the airports general frequency.  After I'd done some flying up at 5500 we came back down and circled the airport before my instructor landed (it was a tricky landing due to the wind!) and we were back on solid ground!

 

Rich did loads of aerial photography in the back of the plane, we saw all the towns and villages round where we live, photes a rainbow from above and got some very cool in the cockpit shots.  I will upload a few to the photo gallery!

 

All in all it was a fun flight, although i did feel queesy during the desent!  Just need to decide if I wanna do anymore flying training now, because if I do, I've found the airport i want to do it from!  I;ve got free membership to the club for two months so no dought I'll head back up there at some point to watch the planes and chat to the pilots!

 

check out the video of the day at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYAgQxTMb_c